Improvement in embossed covers for books



WILLIAM T. ANDERSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO Il IMSE LFV AND HEZEKIAH S. ARCHER, OF SAME PLACE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,45 0, dated July 5, `15364.

reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to that class of covers for books, albums, &c., in which the cover is made With raised portions, generally for the purpose of ornament chieiiy, though such portions add incidentally to the' strength of the cover. These raised portions have been formed by various devices, and, among vother plans for their formation, bits of Wood have been cut out, of the right size and shape, to form the projection and laid upon the junk-board, which forms the principal foundation of the cover. This mode of construction is objectionable both on account of the labor and expense involved, and also on account of the Want of uniformity which necessarily results from putting on these pieces by hand, and which makes it necessary to finish the cover after the leather is on by hand, and prevents the use of a die to press the ornament onto the leather.

My invention consists in making the bookcover, or the foundation therefor, by first striking up a pieceof junk-board, or binders board7 into the proper form. or into the form desired, and then filling the inside of the raised portions with pieces of jiinlcboaid or other appropriate material, and I also usually put inside of the viillin g a "plain piece of junkboard, though this is not indispensable, but I prefer it as being the best mode of construction.

In the drawings, Figure l is an outside view of one-half of the book-cover complete. Fig. 2 is a section taken through the line X` X, Figs. l and 3. Fig. 3 is an inside view of the struck-up foundation-piece, with the raised portions filled on the inside.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the outside leather or cloth covering is not represented, it being unneces them into place.

sary to a full representation of the invention, as the leather is applied in the same manner as to other covers.

A is the principal foundation-piece. I form this by placing a piece ofejunk-board in a die having the design cast or formed therein with the necessary matrix to correspond, and apply suflcient pressure to bling up the junkboard properly to ll the die, and to so compress it as to cause it to retain its position. This being done, Icut small pieces, B, of junk-board, or any other suitable material, intokthe proper shape to fill or nearlyrll into 'the inside of the portions struck up to form the raised portions of the cover. Y ery little care is required to cut these pieces or to put The latter can be done by children. These pieces may be glued into place or pasted, or may be secured by putting on the piece O upon the inside, which may be done by gluing or pasting, or in any other manner in which it is customary to do that kind of Work. As already intimated, no great pains is necessary in the formation ot' these pieces B. They are not beveled to fit the bevel in the corner; nor is it necessary that they should t closely into the places they are to occupy. It is obvious, therefore, that very little labor is necessary for their construction, as they may be cut in the cutting-press, and very little expense is involved in them, as they may be made of waste scraps ofjunk-board, or, in fact, of almost anything that comes to hand and is available for the purpose. The leather or cloth which forms the outside covering can be put ou in the usual manner, and if ornaments thereon are desired they can be made or pnt on by a die suitable for the purpose, as the foundation-board A, being formed in a die, insures uniformity and exactness in the forni of each ofthe raised portions and its position relatively to the other parts.

This construction is exceedingly Well adapted to the manufacture of covers for albums and other articles of like nature and the more costly kind of books. It insures cheapness in the manufacture and at the same time accuracy 1 of design.

Having thus fully described my said inven- 2. Combining therewith the inner board, tion,Ielaimv C, substantially as and for the Apurpose set 1. A book-cover made by striking up a forth. foundation of junk-board or other material to form the foundation of the cover, and filling in the raised portions on the inner side by Witnesses: blocks of any suitable material, substantial] y GEO. B. MORSE, as and for the purpose set forth. THos. P. Hown.

WM. T. ANDERSON.` 

